3 Quick Tips On Ensuring Your Team Understands The Task In Hand

>How many times have you had an employee miss an important due date because they claimed they didn’t hear you announce the correct one?

Or, how often do your staff members claim they can’t recall you ever mentioning a new project?

Although these may seem like mere excuses to you, it may in fact be true that what you said was not heard by the intended party.

Or even if they did hear it, they quickly forgot it.

Harvard Business Review confirms this idea, quoting the results of research done by Florida State University and Michigan State University, which found that within eight hours of hearing something, most people forget anywhere from one-third to one-half of the information.

To make sure that your team members not only hear, but truly understand the information, follow these tips.

Require Undivided Attention

Are you guilty of any of the following: walking by an employee’s desk and giving out directions while they are typing an email; shouting instructions for your assistant from the confines of your own office or mentioning something to a staffer in the middle of a meeting?

Undoubtedly, all managers have done this, and then have been frustrated when what they said never resonated with their employees.